DPWH to recruit new engineers from universities

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will embark on a massive recruitment of the “best and the brightest” budding engineers in January and of accountants graduating from major universities in March.

- By RAINIER ALLAN RONDA

“We really want to find the best and the brightest out there and really bring in young blood, fresh blood, idealistic blood to the DPWH. We will start in January,” Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon said at a briefing yesterday. "This is very serious... We want to infuse fresh blood."

He said there are many positions in the department left vacant by resignation as a result of the investigation and prosecution of DPWH officials and officers involved in anomalies in flood control projects.

"So this January, we will start the massive recruitment in schools - UP, UST, De La Salle, Ateneo, Mapua, FEU, UE, all over. And not just in Metro Manila but in the other parts of the country," Dizon said.